New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-18
AN IRISH PARLIAMENT.
n.v,rrs PLAN OF A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
uy WOULD HAVE THREE 20 lIi~N -
THEIR NAM AND DUTlt>-fi"'
OF THE LEGIsI AruHE
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mo with the manuscript OF nNo9O
me wiz" .no work of an Irish Parliament which
lecture ." % ,;obt in Limerick. | append some
lie delN' -, navitt declares himself against
~ chamber and the principle of voting by
first and second ofucrS 0on'''iA'N "
stones bill. He says:
II f. surely posi- lie fully and fairly to safeguard
the rights the minority in Ireland without violating
tho prncpes Of constitutional government. am
certain that NatOna st objects 10 any pactcaDie
nrovision which Ii insure TO our Protestant fellow
countrymcn the fullest representation to which their
rurnbers cntitie them twenty-five per cent OF inc
.n,ire rcpi -cntaiOn I'm the national assembly could
"a Guaranteed to them. This would be more than the
,tnorty popula alton could justly claim, but am sure
that tbs number wound not be- objected To by the Gallo
lie norton of the community. TO insure also that the
protest ants Of the South and West should be a. fully
nresentcd those Of the North ecrutn de ll-te"
sv,em of election could be provided 10y aid of which
the allost CHAMPIONS Of the minority co3ld be voted
9, in Courauglt and Munster freely a. in the uOst
protrstan part Of Ulster. In legislature o., say,
400 mem crs, the minority would thus have a com
pact parry of enty five comprising the best ability
within its ranIs. aud when what is now known a.
the Nationalist or Home RUE party would be certain
IN he divided two three parties In a national
assembly 1t would not be al al improbable 10 ma
the minorii; representation holding more or less of
tho ba ance of power. The division Of parties in the
national assembly would probably be a. follows:
THREE PARTIE~ II THE NAT1 NAL AssEuBT.
FIRST party-A Conservative Nationalist party.
This combination would be Conservative in the sense
that it would be the party that would be elected 10y
tho constituencies which would desire 10 the men ia
power through whose influence the Homo Rule con-
stitution would have been II would, # course,
be the fist In power and would probably remain in
Office until the prestige attaching 10 1t should "cAhen
al he lts
head Of such a Conservative Nationalist party, to whose
task would fail the work of placing the country well
upon the path of Its new self governing career Be
hind such a party there would be the great influences
OF the churches. Catholic and Protestant the property
and commercial classes and, of rse, the services of
the legal fraternity.
Second party This would be Democratic or Rel al
Nationalist party subdv idcd group, hold
ing advanced views upon social and edu, aional cue
tons and upon methods Of administrative government
the other having sepa ats tendencies This combination
as a parliamentary party would MOI be irrconcilabiy
opposed to the limited Constitution. The more liberal
the measure of sci. government that would be granted
20 Ireland the less would grow the d">~' for a total
severance between Ireland ard Great Britain This
second party would be essentially one of reform
1t would probably find its chef support from tho
smaller farming Interests. the agricultural laborerS
and the artisans and mechanics of our towns.
Third Iaity-1hc third party IN an Irish Parliament
now opposed tn Home liule 1t might assume the
name Of the Pro hnglsh parry. IL the high education
of It's members and IN The subdivision OF The Olhef
parties upon conflicting issues, this thud party "ond
command enormous influence IA ne national Leu Stat
ure LIS policy mission ndgi De to work for the
"staus quo antc though 1t Is sincerely 10 be hoped
thai II woull adopt programme more to the ad'ant-
age of the peace aud welfare of The country 1t could
exercise a great restraining Influence npOn the 10
forming tendencies Of the middle or etcund party
should these endanger the constitution
FIRST DUTY oF THE NEW PAKLIAMENT.
These three parties would, | think, represent the
division of parliamentary feelings In all Irish National
assembly. The duly of the iarl amcnt would
be ea-ily performed. That wOd.d be 10 make The new
law and order respected and obeyed National sen'i-
Meoi, 50 lOPg with unjust and alien admins
trauOns, would combine with national honor to up
hold laws which would become popular tie moment
the peoples confidence would be secured In their
justice and impartial administration. But the first
great task which / hope Will devOvc upon tre new
legislature vii be that which has baifed
the efforts of English sta'esnen-a final
settlement Of the Irish and question am
that the present landlord government il huggng
the hope of being abe pass measure for the SOU
ton of this great problem. Tut maintain now a
have ceased during the last FIVE years.
thai 1t is IN Dublin and not In London the final settle
ment Of this question must be made.
The next national undertaking could be the rcsusci
tatiOn of our manufacturing industries. The linen
trade Of Ulster is not In prosperous condition Inc
cultivation OF fax has fallen away under heavy rents
and the extension of grazing Then the very heavy
protection duty imposed upon linen before it can reach
the Unen states market explains this decline In this
great Ulster industry. But that duty Is most likely 10
be reduced or away IN the revision Of the tariff
which the surplus revenues of the great Re
public VIII soon nocesstate With This prospective
reduction Of the duties uIon Imported
linen into the United States there would
be more prosperous career before
the great staple industry Of Ulster under Homo
Rule Parliament than 1t has ever yet enjoyed
Concurrently with the building up of our linen and
woollen manufactures an Irish Parliament coulo hot
omit extending an immediate helping hama 10 our
esberies Not more than 10000 or 1000 men now
find employment round our coasts, where al ono time
over GO 600 were engaged in harvesting the ioOo
treasures Of our seas.
scheme of artificial drainage upon national scale
would have to he Of the first great public "orh'
undertaken by Irish Parliament
MIR Davitt further advocates the aholluon oil
Tho ,ro,khou,e system. and he concludes by saying
"ShalI we ever obtain the power OF carrying out
such q programme for Ireland ? may be question
torninc in the minds of many before me in this
audience Most fervently do ! believe we Will,
and that. too. ia less time than is generally be-
Eevad Look how we have marched over old Tears,
nreiudioes and unjust claims on the land question:
How many people in Ireland believed wien lbe
land League began its work that hhulora
Tory Government would propose III The ori'l
srace OF seven years 10 abolish dual OWNERSHIP
or ndordsm in Ireland Why, was denounced
as a fanatic. Socialist communist, and the Lord
knows what else when ] demanded this radical
Ind seemingly impossible reform in 1919"
f.. =. GILL Mp